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Last refreshed on: 4 February 2013
Main ID:  NCT00189436
Date of registration: 12/09/2005
Primary sponsor: West Penn Allegheny Health System
Public title: Effect of Nebulized Budesonide and Oral Corticosteroids on Wheezing Episode Relapse in Children BudER
Scientific title: A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Nebulized Budesonide and Oral Corticosteroids on Wheezing Episode Relapse in Pediatric Patients Following Discharge From the Emergency Department/Outpatient Care Facility
Date of first enrolment: March 2003
Target sample size: 61
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00189436
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   David Skoner, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  West Penn Allegheny Health System
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Children ages 1-8 years old

- Discharge from emergency department/outpatient clinic with a diagnosis of asthma
exacerbation after usual standard care

- Subjects must be able to show efficient use with a jet nebulizer

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects requiring hospitalization

- Subjects receiving oral steroids 1 week prior to presentation to emergency
department.

- Subjects with FEV1 < 50% of predicted

- Subjects with co-morbid medical conditions (renal or cardiovascular disease)

- Subjects with reported history of HIV

- Subjects unable to follow up for study visits

- Subjects who are frequently enuretic



Age minimum: 1 Year
Age maximum: 8 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Asthma
Intervention(s)
Drug: Nebulized Budesonide
Drug: Usual care (albuterol with or without oral steroid)
Primary Outcome(s)
Wheezing/Asthma/Bronchospasm relapse rate [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Spirometry readings [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Urinary Cortisol [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
BUD ER 3425
RC - 3425
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
AstraZeneca
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